#8A4B99#8A4B99

#8A4B99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.136 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4B99
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 153)
HSL	hsl(288, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(288, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 51%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 39.48, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 50.69, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% 0.1037 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.136 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7464, 12.7361, 31.6016)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4B99 #5A994B

analogous

#634B99 #8A4B99 #994B81

triadic

#8A4B99 #998A4B #4B998A

tetradic

#8A4B99 #99634B #5A994B #4B8199

square

#8A4B99 #99634B #5A994B #4B8199

split-complementary

#8A4B99 #81994B #4B9963

monochromatic

#402347 #653770 #8A4B99 #A86BB6 #C094CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8A4B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A4B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4B99

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4B99	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E609C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.136 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae80b7',
    500: '#8a4b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4b99;
$custom-light: #ae80b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.462,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51953,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4B99

secondary

#92B789

accent

#CA5E72

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4B99

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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